Macey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Macey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Macey: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #148 in 2009, and it stood at #1,065 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#148highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
1999	#1107
2000	#295
2001	#337
2002	#279
2003	#271
2004	#239
2005	#212
2006	#184
2007	#165
2008	#171
2009	#148
2010	#149
2011	#163
2012	#195
2013	#242
2014	#263
2015	#320
2016	#466
2017	#413
2018	#431
2019	#703
2020	#643
2021	#654
2022	#899
2023	#813
2024	#1065

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #727 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #813 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #148 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1065 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Macey appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,332 births with the name.

Macey across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Macey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#148 (2009)	#1065 (2024)	29 of 29	4,332 (1996–2024)	367 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#742 (2009)	#491 (2013)	#727 (2023)	10 of 15	50 (2009–2023)	8 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#2425 (1999)	#2425 (1999)	#3865 (2010)	5 of 12	17 (1999–2010)	4 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#413 (2007)	#172 (2010)	#434 (2018)	11 of 12	61 (2007–2018)	12 (2010)

Macey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Macey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	2,243	10 of 10	224
2010s	1,828	10 of 10	183
2020s	232	5 of 10	46

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 224 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1999 and 2000, when recorded births rose by 108, from 18 to 126.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Macey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #148 in England and Wales in 2009.

Macey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1065	32	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#813	44	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#899	39	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#654	59	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#643	58	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#703	55	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#431	101	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#413	106	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#466	94	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#320	146	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#263	185	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#242	205	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#195	256	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#163	322	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#149	358	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#148	367	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#171	315	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#165	332	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#184	290	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#212	225	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#239	190	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#271	154	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#279	140	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#337	104	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#295	126	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#205	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#172	12	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #148, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 367 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lyle · #148, 29y
Preston · #149, 30y
Ariel · #146, 31y
Dua · #151, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ailsa · #148, 29y
Ffion · #148, 29y
Lyle · #148, 29y
Cain · #149, 31y

Macey was ranked #148 in England and Wales · Girls in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Macey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Macey without appearing here.

Macey moved ahead of

Cecilie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #279 and #4137.
Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3824 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #212 and #3970.
Dylan Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #295 and #3912.
Linnea Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3824 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #295 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Macey

Marianne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #579 and #873 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #734 and #474.
Frida Compare
In 2023 they stood at #813 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1065 and #811.
Aria Compare
In 2010 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #937 and #695.
Aurora Compare
In 2015 they stood at #269 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #440 and #251.

Moved the opposite way to Macey

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Macey went from #2683 to #1065 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Macey went from #2683 to #1065 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Macey went from #2683 to #1065 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Macey went from #2683 to #1065 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Macey

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Macey went from #2683 to #1065 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Macey went from #2683 to #1065 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Macey went from #2683 to #1065 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Macey went from #2683 to #1065 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #148 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Macey

Macey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Macey across 4 official records

Macey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Macey appears in

Popularity data

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Macey at a glance

Macey across 4 official records

Macey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Macey appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Macey

Macey and the names beside it

Macey moved ahead of

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